343: Chapter 343 The Tragic Heroism of the Spirit Serpent Clan, Cang Huan Appears!

Lin Ran's tone was very heavy, and Empress Yan Xin and the others also sensed the gravity of the situation.

Lin Ran could not ignite the Heaven-Mending Divine Fire, but their essence blood could.

But Lin Ran did not know exactly how much essence blood from the Spirit Snake Clan people would be needed to ignite the Heaven-Mending Divine Fire.

If the Heaven-Mending Divine Fire could not be ignited, then everything they had done would truly be for naught!

"Young Master, please be careful!"

Empress Yan Xin offered a word of concern and led her clansmen as they rushed into the yin-yang spirit refining great furnace one after another.

She came before the seed of the Heaven-Mending Divine Fire, slashed her left palm with her right finger, and forced out the essence blood from her body, continuously pouring it onto the seed of the Heaven-Mending Divine Fire, as if watering a seed, hoping for it to sprout quickly.

Zi Ming and the others followed Empress Yan Xin's example, forcing out their essence blood and pouring it onto the seed of the Heaven-Mending Divine Fire.

The seed of the Heaven-Mending Divine Fire was like a desert encountering rain after a long drought; upon contacting the essence blood of Empress Yan Xin and the others, it greedily absorbed it all like a bottomless pit, and more and more sparks appeared, showing signs of ignition.

However, as time passed second by second, even Divine Fire Realm experts like Empress Yan Xin and Zi Ming began to feel dizzy, their essence blood severely depleted, let alone the other clansmen.

Yet, the seed of the Heaven-Mending Divine Fire only continued to emit sparks, with no sign of actually igniting.

This could not help but leave Empress Yan Xin feeling shocked and alarmed.

One must know that they had been baptized by Lin Ran using the Physical Destiny Runes; each of them had condensed four Creation Heavenly Gates, their strength increasing several-fold, and the essence blood in their bodies was also quite vast.

But even so, facing the bottomless pit that was the seed of the Heaven-Mending Divine Fire, they had nearly emptied the essence blood in their bodies, yet were still unable to ignite it, leading Empress Yan Xin to develop a bizarre thought—

Could it be...

Lin Ran's guess was wrong?!

Their essence blood actually couldn't ignite the seed of the Heaven-Mending Divine Fire?!

*Pat!*

Just as Empress Yan Xin was lost in thought, Zi Ming gently placed his right hand on her shoulder.

He seemed to have seen through the doubts in Empress Yan Xin's heart and said with a slight smile:

"Your Majesty, walking this path from your childhood until now, I am very gratified; I have finally not failed the trust of the Old Emperor and Empress."

"The Young Master is right; his guess was not wrong. The fault lies in us not being strong enough, with insufficient essence blood to ignite the seed of the Heaven-Mending Divine Fire."

"Your Majesty, remember, without the Young Master, our Spirit Snake Clan would have long ceased to exist. No matter whom you doubt, you must never doubt the Young Master!"

As he spoke, Zi Ming paused, a deep sense of reluctance rising in his eyes.

"I think, for the sake of all living beings in the world, it is time for us to step forward."

"I once read that fragmented ancient text and know that our Spirit Snake Clan is the descendant of that Ancient Great God."

"That Ancient Great God, for the sake of all living beings, transformed their body into the Dao to mend the loopholes in the Heavenly Dao."

"Now, as their descendants, we shall use our flesh and blood to ignite the Heaven-Mending Divine Fire for the sake of all living beings!"

Zi Ming's Physical Body suddenly erupted in surging flames; his flesh and bone rapidly melted, turning into drops of the purest essence blood!

Empress Yan Xin's pupils contracted sharply; she surged her Divine Power, trying to extinguish the flames on Zi Ming's Physical Body, but this only made the flames burn even more fiercely!

"Your Majesty, you should know that the Body-Burning Blood-Refining Technique is a forbidden art; once used, it cannot be reversed."

"Your Majesty, take care!"

Zi Ming's voice gradually faded into nothingness; he burned his Physical Body, Divine Soul, and Primordial Spirit all at once, just to refine more of the purest essence blood.

The faces of the rest of the Spirit Snake Clan were filled with determination.

They activated the Body-Burning Blood-Refining Technique, and raging fires ignited on their Physical Bodies; drops of crystal-clear essence blood were refined and floated in mid-air.

"You all... damn it! Damn it!!"

"I command you now, stop the Body-Burning Blood-Refining Technique!!!"

Empress Yan Xin's eyes were nearly splitting with grief, and a deep sorrow surged in her heart.

These people were her clansmen, her only remaining clansmen.

They had wandered displaced until now, and only with great difficulty did they meet Lin Ran and manage to obtain fortunes, destroy Dongsheng Island, and wipe out the Star Erosion Demon Cult.

She had thought that as long as she followed Lin Ran, she and the Spirit Snake Clan could finally settle down.

But she never expected that with the Devil Head about to break the seal, her clansmen would sacrifice their lives one after another.

She did not blame Lin Ran, because she knew that Lin Ran had no better way.

The Devil Head breaking the seal would be a devastating blow to countless worlds.

At that time, she and the entire Spirit Snake Clan would be wiped out!

She knew that Lin Ran naturally did not want to see this happen either.

Outside the yin-yang spirit refining great furnace, every move and every style of Lin Ran's could kill countless demonic creatures.

However, these demonic creatures were like a surging tide; as soon as one wave was destroyed, another followed, and they simply could not be finished!

Even Lin Ran, whose Immortal Nine Paths spiritual power was as vast as the sea, felt powerless at this moment.

"Husband, Empress Yan Xin and the others..."

Yu Chanjuan noticed the situation inside the yin-yang spirit refining great furnace, her lips pursed repeatedly, her voice choked with emotion.

"Yes, I know, but we have already reached this point; there is no other way now."

Lin Ran said with an indifferent expression.

As descendants of that Ancient Great God, the Spirit Snake Clan had to bear the responsibilities passed down by that Ancient Great God while also receiving the Legacy.

Lin Ran was well aware of this.

However, if he had a better way to ignite the Heaven-Mending Divine Fire, how could he let the Spirit Snake Clan sacrifice themselves?

*Buzz!*

Lin Ran unleashed a finger strike; the Ascending Heaven Divine Finger surged majestically, crushing countless demonic creatures.

"Kill!"

He spat out a strange and profound complex rune; the rune transformed into a phantom holding a life-taking scythe, swinging the scythe to harvest the lives of these demonic creatures like reaping leeks.

This was exactly the second secret of the Twelve Secret Glyphs—the 杀 Word Secret!

Yu Chanjuan and Bai Luo also refused to be outdone, continuously killing the demonic creatures.

*Boom!*

Suddenly!

A figure descended from the sky, surrounded by a primitive blood aura, grand and powerful.

Lin Ran's eyes narrowed slightly; he took a closer look and was dumbfounded the next second.

Wasn't this person precisely Cang Huan, whom he had tricked into undergoing a month of devilish training in the Ningyu Tower?!

However, why did he feel that Cang Huan had changed slightly?

It seemed...

He had become more feminine and more charming?!

And what on earth was with those slightly upturned orchid fingers?!

Lin Ran was completely dumbfounded, but then he clearly realized that staying in a ghostly place like Ningxiang Tower for a month would probably cause some changes in any man.

"Lin Ran, you have truly made this one suffer so much!"

"Being besieged by so many demonic creatures today is the best proof that your many injustices have finally brought about your own destruction!"